One-punch fight victim still in critical condition

CHICO — A 21-year-old Shasta College football player remained in critical condition at the hospital Monday afternoon following a head injury from a one-punch fight during early Halloween festivities in Chico.

Tyler Burton has been in critical condition since Oct. 28, when Andres Rodriguez allegedly punched him once, causing the college student's head to smack the pavement in the south campus neighborhood.

Burton, of Vancouver, Wash., was transported to the hospital with a life-threatening injury, police reported.

Rodriguez, of Citrus Heights, was taken to jail and has since pleaded not guilty to battery with serious bodily injury.